Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-30
PITH AND POINT.


Now is the time when managers Of
fairs fill foul of each other. -Phttadet-
phia NetOs.
A good name for the ultra vulgar
native of Chicago would be Chicago
rilla. Puck.
you've got the drop on me, AS the
paper said to the ink blot Charles
ton Enterprise.
The summer hotel-keeper's wife
should have bonny face.-NeW Or
leans Rcay,tne.
The republic Of honest brains is
poorer for the loss of Rusk ms wits
Philadelphia Times.
We still contend that Minneapolis is
pretty good town for her sighs.-
Duluth Photographer.
The willy autumnal politician, like
the street Arab, stumps it for suckers.
Duluth Paragrapher.
The favorite Lynn Of the dying
electricians: I'm going home to dyna-
mo-" Boston Transcript.
When you come to think of it, young
man, isn't the marriage ceremony miss
leading. - YonkerS Salesman
Some of the railroad companies de-
serve drubbing with their own
switches. -PhiiadeLphia Record.
There is just one week more in which
to work off trade dollars on contiding
government--Phiadclphia Record.
The Utes are divided into two classes,
the good Utes and the bad Utes. The
good Utes are all dead. boston GI0be.
The Indian summer seems to be of
its reservation. with slim prospect Of
its ever coming back again. st. Pmt
Globe
Many men are poor simply because
they deposit their loose change in the
saloon instead of the savings bank. -
Elgin NeVS.
They say that there are SO many
heiresses at Saratoga this summer that
modest six-fgures hardly counts
Buffalo Courier.
Nearly all of the farmers in Omaha get
bitten on the calves, but they usually
have the old Kentucky remedy at hand
ST Joseph Gazette.
The car is just as angry as car
can be. He could swallow Turkey with
a good appetite and wash it down with
Porte. - Boston Globe.
The game laws are very rigidly en-
forced at the west. II man is caught
cheating at poker he is shot acr oss the
table. -BOston Bulletin.
An exchange says it is about time to
call spade spade, and we are pleased
to tell its editor he's an ace if he don't t.
-D7tluh Photographer.
AS things are going now, it looks as
if the next emigration from Castle
Garden will be that of the commission
ers. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Chief Colorow wants to "confer,"
and the men who 60 to the conference
would better have their scalps nailed
down. Philadelphia Record.
A prohibitionist is a man continually
on the war-path, and always without
the inspiration necessary to whip the
enemy.-NeU York Graphic.
The average Texan chews his weight
in tobacco every four years, and it is
needless to add that the most Of it is
borrowed Detroit Free Press.
One might feel more sympathy for
Manitoba save for the fact that the
| Hal haf
locality. Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t is said one reason for the depres-
sion in stocks is that Jay Gould's
grandson was little bare when he
came into the world. - Boston COM
nlercidl.
There is a prevalent Impression out
west that old Colorow must go; and
he should go so far that he will not re-
turn except at the resurrection. -Ne0
York Graphic.
Henry 5. Ives was not generally
credited with being popular author,
ut it is understood that his books have
been much sought after in New York.
Boston BuIlettn.
The number OF photographers in the
United States has increased to eleven
thousand, but you can try them all and
not get picture to do you full justice.
Detroit Free Press.
We doomed the Boston base-ballists
till we were hoarse, but now the con-
fession is wrung from us that we can
see the flies on them one thousand
miles of. -Boston Globe.
One of the queer things of the age is
that where one man can be found to
work at 81 day, four can be found TO
sit on the fence and look at him for
nothing Lincoln Journal.